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Week of April 4th - The "R Word"
Here's a picture of former NBA player Sam Perkins taken at a Special Olympics event. Sam has gotten very involved with Special Olympics and is involved with the organization's campaign to get people to stop using the terms "retarded" or "retard."
Apr 4th - The "R" Word
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Week of March 28th - Hands on Kids
Chris Giorni, President and Founder of the science and nature camp "Tree Frog Treks," (www.treefrogtreks.com) thinks parents need to set down their cell phones and other gadgets and pick up a frog with their young kids.
Mar 28th - Hands on Kids
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Week of March 21st - St. Baldricks
Dozen's of Oakland Police Officers got their heads shaved recently to raise money and show solidarity with young cancer patients undergoing chemo. For more information on this head-shaving gatherings go to www.stbaldricks.org.
Mar 21st - St. Baldricks
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Week of March 14th - Public Spaces
Why set up cots at a downtown San Francisco building so people can come take naps? To call attention to "public spaces" in the city. More at www.rebargroup.org.
Mar 14th - Public Spaces
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Week of March 7th - Joe Hill
Joe Hill is out with a new entertaining novel called "Horns." Here he talks about his dad. You may have heard of the guy: Stephen King. More on joe at http://joehillfiction.com.
Mar 7th - Joe Hill
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Week of February 28th - Literary Death Match
Peter Finch had fun putting this piece together. Writers going head-to-head at a raucus bar. It doesn't get much better than that. More info at: www.LiteraryDeathMatch.com.
Feb 28th - Literary Death Match
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Week of February 21st - Big Wave Surfers
Cal State Fullerton professor Lenny Wiersma gives a peek at psyche of the guy who recently tackled those 50-foot waves at Mavericks.
Feb 21st - Big Wave Surfers
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Week of February 14th - Pacific Trip
Mick Dawson and Chris Martin (left and right in the photo) recently finished a trip that saw them row from Japan to San Francisco. They are the first to ever row across the northern Pacific Ocean. For more on the trip, visit this link: http://www.goldengateendeavour.com/
Feb 14th - Pacific Trip
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Week of February 7th - Fifty Dangerous Things (you should let your children do).
Here's Peter Finch with Gever Tulley, founder of The Tinkering School (www.tinkeringschool.com), and author of the new book, "Fifty Dangerous Things (you should let your children do)." (www.fiftydangerousthings.com).
Feb 7th - Fifty Dangerous Things (you should let your children do)
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Week of January 31st - Sharks
In anticipation of the 7th Annual San Francisco Ocean Film Festival (February 3-7 at Pier 39), we spoke with the man who has put together the festival's program on Sharks. David McGuire also heads up the group Sea Stewards. Here are a couple links:
www.seastewards.org
www.oceanfilmfest.org
Jan 31st - Sharks
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Week of January 24th - Bad Girls in Film Noir
San Francisco "Noir Czar" Eddie Muller gave us the low down on "Bad Girl Night" at the 8th Annual San Francisco Film Noir Festival. It runs through January 31st. Details at www.noircity.com.
Jan 24th - Bad Girls in Film Noir
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Week of January 17th - Human Trafficking
Mayor Gavin Newsom and other city officials recently helped launch the San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking. It's jointly housed by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission and the Department on the Status of Women. For more information on it, visit the Human Rights Commission website: www.sf-hrc.org.
Jan 17th - Human Trafficking
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Week of January 10th - Adam's Legos
Mythbuster Adam Savage discussed his childhood passion for Legos at a recent gathering of the Porchlight storytelling series in San Francisco (www.porchlightsf.com).
Jan 10th - Adams Legos
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Week of December 20th - Autistic Son
Laura Shumaker of Lafayette is the author of "A Regular Guy: Growing Up With Autism." Jennifer Silverman is co-editor of the book, "My Baby Rides The Short Bus: The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities." They shared some of their experiences with us.
Dec 20th - Austistic Son
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Week of December 13th - Jerry Day
The annual gathering in San Francisco's McLaren Park honoring Jerry Garcia recently won a Neighborhood Empowerment Award for "Best Community Building Event." For more on Jerry Day go to www.jerryday.org.
Dec 13th - Jerry Day
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Week of December 6th - Zoo Station
Find out what life is like playing drums in the popular U2 cover band, Zoo Station. More on the band at: www.zoostation-online.com.
Dec 6th - Zoo Station
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Week of November 22nd - Ecoliteracy
This show is about teaching kids to grow their own food. The Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley is a great resource: www.ecoliteracy.org. For more on the pioneering work being done at Head-Royce School in Oakland, go to www.headroyce.org.
Nov 22nd - Ecoliteracy
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Week of November 15th - Members of Sound
San Francisco musician The Welcome Matt has embarked on "Members of Sound." The plan: A song a month for 20 month. For more on this interesting project go to: www.welcomemattsf.com.
Nov 15th - Members of Sound
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Week of November 8th - 93 Dollar Club
Take an act of kindness at the Menlo Park Trader Joes, add in Facebook, and you get this: a campaign that has raised nearly $24,000 for the Second Harvest Food Bank. That's Carolee Hazard pictured on the right, and Jeni Ware on the left. Here are a few links if you want to learn more: Facebook - Donations - Mercury News
Nov 8th - 93 Dollar Club
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Week of November 1st - Proper Sneezing Technique
If bothers Erica Pan when she sees people not sneezing into their elbow this days. After all, she is Director of the Bioterrorism and Infectious Disease Emergencies Unit at the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
Nov 1 - Proper Sneezing Technique
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Week of October 25th - Earthquakes and Technology
Earthquake info at our fingertips, and what will work when the "BIG ONE" hits are covered in this edition of the Fogfiles. Here's a cool link to the USGS: http://quake.usgs.gov/
Oct 25th - Earthquakes and Technology
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Week of October 18th - Veggie Van
Meet Gabrielle Louise. The Colorado-based musician tours in a van powered by vegetable oil. You can find more about Gabrielle at www.gabriellelouise.com.
Oct 18th - Veggie Van
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Week of October 11th - Witchy Woman
Cerridwen Fallingstar is the author of the new novel "White as Bone, Red as Blood." The Marin County woman is also a witch. She sets the record straight here about her pagan lifestyle.
Oct 11th - Witchy Woman
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Week of October 4th - Tattoo
We look at the allure of the tattoo in this edition of the Fogfiles with Karen Roze of Sacred Rose Tattoo in Berkeley. Here's a link to her shop: www.sacredrosetattoo.com.
Oct 4th - Tattoo
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Week of September 27th - Eat Real
In this show we look at the trend toward eating healthier, fresher, and better. Here are a couple useful links if you want to find out more:
www.eatrealfest.com
www.yeswecanfood.com
Sept 27th - Eat Real
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Week of September 20th - The Rainbow Fund
We came across the Rainbow Fund booth recently at Michael Franti's "Power to the Peaceful" event. It's the only International Relief Group based in the LGBT community. Find out more at www.rainbowfund.org.
Sept 20th - The Rainbow Fund
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Week of September 13th - Kind Business
Nancy Thornborrow (pictured right) is Dean at the Graduate School of Business at Mills College in Oakland. She thinks innovation and ethical business practices could flourish as we emerge from the recession. She also thinks women could lead the way.
Sept 13th - Kind Business
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Week of September 6th - UC Reporters
With Bay Area newspapers cutting way back on their Washington DC bureaus, the University of California has begun an internship program under which UC students will cover stories of local interest in the nation's capitol. Students interested in the program should check out this link.
Sept 6th - UC Reporters
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Week of August 30th - Book of William
Peter Finch talked with one of his favorite authors, Paul Collins, about his new book, "The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World."
Aug 30th - Book of William
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Week of August 22nd - Operation Bite Back
Los Angeles Times editor Dean Kuipers (pictured here), is out with a new book about stiff prison terms that we've started to see for radical enivironmental and animal rights activists. Kuipers fears the crackdown may be extending to those simply engaging in non-violent civil disobedience. Interesting stuff. Here's a link to Dean's website: http://www.deankuipersonline.com
Aug 22nd - Operation Bite Back
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Week of August 16th - Porchlight SF
We were there recently when Arline Klatte and Beth Lisick (that's them in the picture) celebrated the 7th anniversary of their Porchlight storytelling series in San Francisco. For more on Porchlight, go to www.porchlightsf.com. Storyteller Scott Kravitz also invites you to check out his website at www.scottkravitz.com.
Aug 16th - Porchlight SF
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Week of August 9th - Sharing
This week we visit with Berkeley-based author/attorney Emily Doscow about a new book she has co-authored: The Sharing Solution...How to Save Money, Simplify Your Life, and Building Community.
Aug 9th - Sharing
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Week of July 26th - Books of the Future
What is the future of the book? We put that question to our friend Kevin Hunsanger with Green Apple Books, and Geoffrey Nunberg with U.C. Berkeley's School of Information.
July 26th - Books of the Future
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Week of July 12th - Composting in San Francisco
With San Francisco poised to become the first city in America to require residents to compost, we paid a visit to where all that stuff is taken. For more on the city's composting program go here.
July 12th - Composting in SF
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Week of July 5th - Lego Mania
As you can see from this photo, David Simmons of Albany loves his Legos. His website is www.xenobuzz.com. You can also check out the Bay Area Lego Users Group at www.baylug.org.
July 5th - Lego Mania
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Week of June 14th - Disabled Sailors
Our feature on the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors includes a mention of a woman who steers her boat with her chin. Here she is. For more on BAADS, go to www.baads.org.
June 14th - Disabled Sailors
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Week of June 7th - Reading to Kids
Remember the book or story you loved having read to you when you were little? Elementary school principal Carolyn Casey talks about the importance of reading to small children.
June 7th - Reading to Kids
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Week of May 31st - Ken Kesey's Kids
This week we meet Zane Kesey, and Kate Smith, the son and granddaughter of the late author and counterculture figure Ken Kesey.
May 31st - Ken Kesey's Kids
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Week of May 24th - Memories of the Baseball Hall of Fame
San Francisco Deputy City Librarian Jill Bourne recounts her days as a teen tour guide at the Baseball Hall of Fame, and that dreamboat, Lou Gehrig. Here's a link to the Hall of Fame: www.baseballhalloffame.org.
May 24th - Memories of the Baseball HoF
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Week of May 17th - Huda Ahmed
You haven't seen many Iraqi women covering the war in that male-dominated society. Huda Ahmed has been one of the few. We caught up with her at U.C. Berkeley, where she is pursuing a graduate degree in Journalism. For more on her story, google her name. You'll be amazed.
May 17th - Huda Ahmed
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Week of May 10th - Hanging With Harry
Documentary filmmaker John Corey introduces us to Harry Aleo. The San Francisco octogenarian used to taunt liberals with signs in his storefront window. He also owned one of the greatest racehorses of modern times, Lost in the Fog. More on Corey's movie at www.lostinthefogthemovie.com
May 10th - Hanging with Harry
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Week of May 3rd - Alzheimers
As HBO gets ready to show a four-part documentary on Alzheimer's we offer up a local look at the disease. Here's a link to our chapter of the Alzheimer's Association (http://www.alz.org/norcal/), and one to Alzheimer Services of the East Bay (www.aseb.org).
May 3rd - Alzheimers
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Week of April 26th - BAARC
Real life "mad men" in the Bay Area are being hit hard by the economy, just like everybody else. To learn more about the Bay Area Advertising Relief Committee, listen to this Fogfiles, then go to www.BAARC.com.
April 26th - BAARC
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Week of April 19th - Sheli & Ryan
Meet a San Francisco mom who recently took parental responsibility to a whole new level.
April 19th - Sheli Ryan
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Week of April 12th - The Chauncey Bailey Project
It's pretty remarkable the way journalists have banded together to continue the work of slain Oakland newspaper man Chauncey Bailey. For more on the group's work, go to: www.chaunceybaileyproject.org. For more on the Berkeley-based Center for Investgative Reporting, go to: www.centerforinvestigativereporting.org.
April 12th - The Chauncey Bailey Project
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Week of April 5th - Animal Community Center
We had a chance to check out Humane Society Silicon Valley's new Animal Community Center (901 Ames Avenue, in Milpitas). It is truly amazing. No cages!
April 5th - Animal Community Center
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Week of March 29th - Grazing Sheep
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is using these sheep to clear out vegetation. Learn how to call a sheep by clicking on the play button.
March 29th - Grazing Sheep
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Week of March 15th - Online Prostitutes
New York Times reporter Matt Richtel tells us about the advent of "rate a hooker" websites. Here's a link to his latest article on it in The Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/us/17erotic.html?_r=1. For research purposes only, the leading site can be found at www.theeroticreview.com.
March 15th - Online Prostitutes
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